Setting the proxy to use a WinProxy server

Forum: Networking
Topic: Setting the proxy to use a WinProxy server
started by: gjhicks

Posted by gjhicks on May 05 2004,11:32

Hi,

I am connecting to the net via a Windows WinProxy server.

Using Firefox is fine, just set the various proxies to the WinProxy proxy: 192.168.0.1 port 80.

The problem is with any terminal routines, eg: wget or apt-get.

On advice from this forum, I tried to set the proxy by:
env http_proxy=http://192.168.0.1:80 (I also tried env http_proxy=192.168.0.1:80)

When I ran (for example) 'dpkg-restore' it did not connect to the damnsmall site, just sat there.

Any help much appreciated.

Geoff.

Posted by cbagger01 on May 05 2004,16:30

For wget, try the following possible solution (I Do not know if this will work with the BusyBox version of wget):

Create a new file or edit your /home/damnsmall/.wgetrc file and add the following lines:

http_proxy = < http://192.168.0.1:80/ >
use_proxy = on
wait = 15

For apt, try this:

Edit your /etc/apt/apt.conf file and add the following:

Acquire::http::Proxy "http://192.168.0.1:80/";

Good Luck.